International Migrants Day on December 18th, the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers and Forum Asia launched an important resource book for the campaign to achieve a comprehensive ASEAN agreement that will protect the human rights of all migrant workers.
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The 7-8 December 2009 ACMW Drafting Committee Meeting on a Framework Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of Migrant Workers’ Rights in Kuala Lumpur ended in deadlock. The Malaysian government continues to oppose the stance taken by its three Asean ACMW partners to include provisions to protect the rights of all migrant workers and their families.
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The Malaysian government continues to refuse to allow consideration of either undocumented migrant workers or families of migrant workers in the scope and coverage of the negotiations on the future Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers. Source: Aliran, 21 December 2009
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7 and 8 December 2009 , the ACMW Drafting Committee meets in Kuala Lumpur hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources. A significant number of migrant workers in the region are temporary workers, domestic workers, informal sector workers and self-employed workers. It is important to ensure that these categories of workers, who are often overlooked, are included in the coverage of a regional Instrument.
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3 December 2009 Indonesian Civil Society recommendations delivered to the ACMW Indonesian Drafting Team reps who will attend meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (7-8 December 2009) - to draft the ASEAN Framework Instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of mgirant workers.
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Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers (TF-AMW) make the following recommendations at the 2nd ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (July 30-31), Bangkok, for consideration and further deliberation by the ACMW during the Chiang Rai Meeeting, 29-31 September 2009.
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The 2nd ASEAN Forum on Migrant labour refered to the TF-AMW civil society’s proposal on the ASEAN Framework Instrument for the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers. The Forum held on 30-31 July 2009 by the Thai Ministry of labour and ASEAN Secretariat recommended the inclusion of all migrant workers and their families in the coverage of the ASEAN Framework Instruments being drafted by the ACMW.
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TF AMW proposes the ASEAN Civil Society Framework Instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of Migrant Worker to ASEAN, and calls for full participation and engagement of Trade Unions and NGOs to move forward.
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After two years of intensive consultation, the civil society Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers (TF-AMW) has formally proposed a detailed civil society Framework Instrument for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers to the Mr. Khamkhane Phinsavanh, Chairman of the ASEAN Senior Labour Officials Meeting (SLOM) at the Lao Plaza Hotel in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on May 12, 2009.
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Civil Society Organisations and Trade Unions Join Forces for the first time to Table Recommendations on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers to the Ministry of Manpower
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